Which Indian horse breed is known for ear tips that curve inward and meet?
- A.Kathiawari
- B.Marwari
- C.Manipuri
- D.Zanskari
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Marwari. The Marwari horse of the Marwar region of Rajasthan is identified at once by its inward-curving ears, whose tips can touch, and it was the warhorse of the Rathore rulers; it is used today in ceremonial riding and in the native dance called the horse dance. Option A is wrong because the Kathiawari of Gujarat is a closely related desert breed with curved but less dramatically meeting ears, which makes it the strongest distractor. Option C is wrong because the Manipuri is the small pony on which Sagol Kangjei and early polo were played. Option D is wrong because the Zanskari is a hardy mountain pony of the Ladakh region, like the Spiti and the Bhutia. Pair each breed with its home region, since that is how the question is usually framed.
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Practice Questions
View allHow many players are there in each team in a game of polo?
- A.Four
- B.Five
- C.Six
- D.Eleven
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A polo team puts four mounted players on the field, numbered one to four, where number one is the attacking forward and number four, called the back, is the main defender.
Read the full explanation →A period of play in a game of polo is known as
- A.Inning
- B.Chukka
- C.Quarter
- D.Rubber
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A polo match is divided into chukkas, also spelt chukker, of seven minutes each, and a match has four to six of them depending on the tournament; ponies are usually changed between chukkas because the galloping is so hard on the horse.
Read the full explanation →Modern polo developed from Sagol Kangjei, the traditional horseback game of which Indian state?
- A.Rajasthan
- B.Manipur
- C.Punjab
- D.Himachal Pradesh
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Sagol Kangjei, played in Manipur on the small Manipuri pony, is the game from which the modern rules of polo were drawn after British officers and tea planters saw it in the eighteen fifties, which is why Manipur is called the birthplace of modern polo.
Read the full explanation →The Ezra Cup, instituted in 1880, is associated with which sport?
- A.Polo
- B.Horse racing
- C.Hockey
- D.Rowing
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The Ezra Cup is the oldest polo tournament in India and is played under the Indian Polo Association, along with other well known trophies such as the Sir Pratap Singh Cup and the Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia Gold Cup.
Read the full explanation →Polo was last included in the programme of the Olympic Games in which year?
- A.1924
- B.1936
- C.1948
- D.1960
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Polo featured in five editions of the Olympic Games between 1900 and 1936 and was dropped after the Berlin Games of 1936, mainly because of the cost and difficulty of transporting strings of horses; Argentina won that last Olympic title.
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